Great Paid iPhone Apps Gone Free on 12/30. Jungle Crash, PhotoNest, Craigs Alerts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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The 2010 new year celebration is almost here. Lots of app developers are offering their paid apps for free until the new year. Some of these apps are really good. So pick them up now!

Jungle Crash Land $0.99->Free (App Store) is another great game from Donut Games, the developers for the hit game Traffic Rush. In Jungle Crash, players take control of a plane that is forced to land despite the rough terrains. Players will need to bomb the terrains so that the obstacles are cleared for safe landing. Jungle Crash has lots of levels to clear. Some of the levels requires some serious thinking and planning in order to safely crash land your plane.

Why is it Great? A variety of well designed levels make this game not your typical plane bombing mini game.

PhotoNest $0.99->Free (App Store) is a very useful Twitter app for viewing images sent by your friends on Twitter. With the typical Twitter app, you can easily skip images sent by your Twitter friends. This happens because users usually skim through their twitter feeds, missing the photos. PhotoNest will place all of your twitter pics in one place so you will be able to access them easily. Of course, users can also post pictures on Twitter with this app.

Why is it Great? Aggregate your Twitter pics in one place for convenient viewing. Why doesn’t other Twitter apps do that?

Craigly $0.99->Free (App Store) is a Multi-Location Search and Post App with Thumbnail, Full-Screen Image, List and Google Map views of your search results. It is one of the better craigslist apps on the iPhone with lots of features. Now it’s free for a limited time, and a no brainer if you use cragslist often.

Why is it Great? Lots of features including multi-location search makes this cragslist app a bar above its peers.

Craigs Alerts $0.99->Free (App Store) completes what other craigslist apps are missing. Push notifications. Set your location and keywords. If an item related to your keywords appear on craigslist, you will get a push notification. Is that great?

Why is it Great? Push notifications. Never miss another sale on the things you want on craigslist.

Speed-Dial 4 Maps $0.99->Free (App Store) lets you easily enter your favorite direction on Google Maps. Just tap the app icon and then tap your pre-set destination, and it will enter the Google Maps app with direction from your current location preloaded. It is great for frequent Google Map app users who are frustrated at taking too much time to enter direction information. The developer also have 1 Click Home app (App Store) and Back 2 Work app (App Store) for free today. These apps will set the Google Map directions for you with just 1 tap of the app icon.

Why is it Great? It’s an often requested shortcut for the Google Maps app.

Pocket CPR $0.99->Free (App Store) should be an essential app in your iPhone in case you need to save your loved ones before the ambulance arrives. It has pictures and voice guided instructions to help you will CPR.

Why is it Great? It may just save your loved one’s life!

Please check to price of the app before downloading. Prices can change at any time. Sometimes apps are even just free for a few hours before they get a new price.

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